SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution that supports a moratorium on the construction and expansion of animal feeding operations, factory farms, and slaughterhouses in the state of California. The resolution also encourages the federal government to support the Farm System Reform Act, reintroduced earlier this year in the … Read more
It’s Time for the Planet to Shut Down This Vile and Viral Industry Retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Canada Goose are clearing fur from the racks and manufacturing facilities. The Netherlands shuttered its hundreds of mink farms in March, and the nation’s political leaders are prodding the European Union to ban fur farming across … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation applaud the announcement by the provincial government of British Columbia that it would bring mink farming to an end by 2025. This represents the first action by a North American governmental entity to address the public health threat posed … Read more
The FDA Modernization Act is a Key Part of the Solution Deeply disturbing images and descriptions of ghastly tests on beagles — intentionally infecting them with parasites to test a vaccine in one experiment, cutting their vocal cords to reduce decibel levels because beagles vocalize pain in a separate laboratory exercise, and euthanizing the animals … Read more
Animal Wellness Action and the Animal Wellness Foundation Will Pay for Info that Leads to Animal Fighting Arrests, Convictions BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — After applauding federal authorities for cracking down a major animal fighting operation in middle Alabama, the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) and Animal Wellness Action (AWA) today announced a $5,000 reward for information resulting in … Read more
Federal action comes 16 months after Animal Wellness Action released a report featuring Brent Easterling and other Alabamians involved in trafficking of fighting animals (Washington, D.C.) — Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) applauded federal law enforcement authorities, including the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama and personnel from … Read more
Provisions, if secured in final spending package, will combat animal fighting, soring and other abuses While the 117th Congress got off to a raucous and violent start with the January 6th riot at the Capitol, and with COVID-19 still a pandemic, there’s one thing that both humans and animals alike can count on: Congressional appropriations, … Read more
If Any Appeals Are Denied, Decision Could Spare Hundreds of Wolves There hasn’t been much good news for wolves in 2021 – until now. On Friday night, October 22nd, a Wisconsin judge issued, according to a description from a state assistant attorney general, a “dramatic decision” that blocks the state’s plan to turn hunters loose on … Read more
Press Release Decision could spare hundreds of wolves targeted for killing MADISON, Wis. — In the biggest news so far for wolf protection in the United States in 2021, a court in Wisconsin issued an injunction today requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to set the quota at zero wolves for the upcoming … Read more
New HPA Funding Provides USDA with Resources to Crackdown Against Soring of Tennessee Walking Horses Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Washington-based non-profit political advocacy group that worked to pass the U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act through the U.S. House in 2019, applauded appropriators in Congress … Read more